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For these reasons, they are becoming very attractive, since they can be easily mounted onboard ever-smaller and highly flexible aerial platforms, like helicopters or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). In this work, we present the imaging and topographic capabilities of a novel Italian airborne SAR system developed in the frame of cooperation between a public research institute (IREA-CNR) and a private company (Elettra Microwave S.r.l.). The system, which is named AXIS (standing for Airborne X-band Interferometric SAR), is based on FMCW technology and is equipped with a single-pass interferometric layout. In the work we first provide a description of the AXIS system. Then, we describe the acquisition campaign carried out in April 2018, just after the system completion. Finally, we perform an analysis of the radar data acquired during the campaign, by presenting a quantitative assessment of the quality of the SLC (Single Look Complex) SAR images and the interferometric products achievable through the system. The overall analysis aims at providing first reference values for future research and operational activities that will be conducted with this sensor.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs12030539","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,2,7]],"date-time":"2020-02-07T03:13:27Z","timestamp":1581045207000},"page":"539","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":19,"title":["On the Capabilities of the Italian Airborne FMCW AXIS InSAR System"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5562-8688","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Carmen","family":"Esposito","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Remote Sensing of Environment (IREA), National Research Council (CNR), 80124 Napoli, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Antonio","family":"Natale","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Remote Sensing of Environment (IREA), National Research Council (CNR), 80124 Napoli, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Gianfranco","family":"Palmese","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Elettra Microwave, 80143 Napoli, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Paolo","family":"Berardino","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Remote Sensing of Environment (IREA), National Research Council (CNR), 80124 Napoli, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7296-2749","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Riccardo","family":"Lanari","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Remote Sensing of Environment (IREA), National Research Council (CNR), 80124 Napoli, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3951-5816","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Stefano","family":"Perna","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Remote Sensing of Environment (IREA), National Research Council (CNR), 80124 Napoli, Italy"},{"name":"Department of Engineering (DI), Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Napoli \u201cParthenope\u201d, 80143 Napoli, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,2,6]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Franceschetti, G., and Lanari, R. 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